Ravi confident Sajith will not be UNP pick for President

30 Jul, 2019

United National Party Assistant Leader Ravi Karunanayake is confident that UNP Deputy Leader Sajith Premadasa will not be the choice of the UNP for President.

Karunanayake told reporters that the Presidential candidate must at least be Ordinary Level? (O/L) qualified.

When journalists said that Sajith Premadasa has received education qualifications overseas, Karunanayake said that if so then he must present it to the public.

He also said that UNP MPs who make false claims that Sajith Premadasa has majority support in the UNP to be the next Presidential candidate will be questioned by the party leadership.

Karunanayake also said that the UNP Working Committee will not pick Premadasa to be the Presidential candidate. (Colombo Gazette)

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